Need basement waterproofing in Taylor? We run 18517 every week, off Union Street and Main Street through the old grid blocks, out toward the old Pyne Breaker site and up Oak Street to the hill. Most weekday inspections get a slot inside 48 hours. You get a free on-site walk, a chalk-marked seepage map, and a written flat-rate quote before we leave.
Taylor is as deep in mine country as it gets in Lackawanna County. The old grid between Main Street and the Lackawanna River is packed with 1890s to 1920s miner duplexes on cut-stone foundations, many with 6 foot ceilings and dirt floors still partially exposed in the back corners. The streets up the hill off Oak Street and Union Street carry 1950s and 1960s block foundation ranches that sit directly over the old Pyne Breaker workings and other played-out anthracite mines. Settlement and subsidence are not theoretical here, you can see them in the stepped-crack patterns on the brick exteriors.
The water situation in Taylor is a direct consequence of the mining history. Surface water from spring thaw and heavy rain runs into the old collapsed workings and re-emerges in unexpected basements. We have seen houses where a dry basement for 40 years suddenly starts taking on water because a new sinkhole developed two blocks away and shifted the local water path. Interior perimeter drain with carbon fiber wall reinforcement where cracks are bowing is the common package in Taylor. Call us for a free Taylor basement inspection and we will walk the full perimeter with you and tell you straight what the mine history is doing to your foundation.
What to know about basement waterproofing in Taylor
1890s miner duplex cut-stone foundations in the Main Street and Union Street grid leak at the cove joint every spring. Mid-century concrete slab poured over dirt separates from the stone wall cold-seam. Interior perimeter drain is the fix.
The old Pyne Breaker and surrounding played-out anthracite workings under central Taylor create slow subsidence events. Houses in the 500 to 900 block of Oak Street in particular see new cracks every 5 to 10 years as the ground settles. Carbon fiber straps plus polyurethane injection is the standard repair.
Taylor has ongoing mine subsidence insurance claims through the PA DEP program. If a crack is caused by a documented subsidence event the claim can cover part of the repair. We provide the written foundation report needed for the claim as part of our inspection.
Surface runoff from the hill off Oak Street washes into the central grid during heavy rain. Yard french drains on the uphill side of the foundation intercept the water before it reaches the wall.
Where we work in Taylor
- Taylor Borough Hall on Union Street
- Lackawanna River along the eastern edge of the borough
- The old Pyne Breaker site
- Riverside Junior-Senior High School
- St Mary of Mount Carmel Parish
- Main Street business district
Our services in Taylor
- Basement WaterproofingBasement waterproofing in Dunmore, PA is a full interior or exterior drainage fix for wet basements over Lackawanna County mine country. We install perforated perimeter drain tile tied to a sump pit, inject foundation cracks, and seal walls with dimple board. Most residential interior systems run 5,000 to 15,000 dollars with a written price before any concrete gets saw-cut.
- Foundation Crack RepairFoundation crack repair in Dunmore, PA covers hairline and structural cracks in poured concrete and block walls across Lackawanna County. We inject polyurethane for active water leaks and epoxy for structural cracks, with carbon fiber reinforcement where the wall is bowing. Typical cracks run 400 to 1,500 dollars per crack and most finish in a single morning.
- French Drain InstallationFrench drain installation in Dunmore, PA covers both interior perimeter systems installed under the basement slab and exterior yard systems installed outside the foundation footing. We trench, bed 3 inch or 4 inch perforated pipe in washed stone, and tie it to a sump pit or a daylight discharge. Most jobs run 3,500 to 15,000 dollars depending on linear footage and interior versus exterior placement.
- Sump Pump Installation and RepairSump pump installation and repair in Dunmore, PA covers primary AC pumps, DC battery backup pumps, water-powered backup pumps, pit rebuilds and discharge line fixes. We work Zoeller, Liberty and Wayne cast-iron pumps over Lackawanna County mine country where PPL power cuts and frozen discharges are the two most common failures. Most pumps run 600 to 2,500 dollars installed.
- Egress Window InstallationEgress window installation in Dunmore, PA is the full code-compliant basement bedroom window package, from the exterior well excavation through the foundation wall cutout to the finished interior trim. We install Boman Kemp and Rockwell steel wells with ladders, and we pull the permit through Dunmore Borough or Scranton for you. Most installs run 3,000 to 6,000 dollars complete.
- Crawl Space EncapsulationCrawl space encapsulation in Dunmore, PA is a full enclosure of the dirt floor and walls with a 20 mil reinforced vapor barrier, foam insulation on the perimeter rim joist, a dedicated commercial dehumidifier and a tied-in drainage system. We work the half-houses and additions over Lackawanna County coal country where crawl space moisture rots joists in under a decade. Most jobs run 5,500 to 14,000 dollars.